![]() Again, it's this virtual box that defines the point size rather than the physical measurements of the letterforms themselves. However, the concept of the point sizing still exists in that there is a virtual box that is the same height for every letter that the type is placed on. Nowadays, we don't make much type in lead and wood and most of it is digital. ![]() As such, in terms of points, both of those fonts are the same size. Note the two letters above are different sizes, but their bounding box is the same. | XXXXXX | | X X | Point size of the type This is where the dimension of the type (in points) comes from: +-+ +-+ <-+ For the type to be set into a printing lock-up, they had to be connected to solid blocks. Back then, typefaces were cast in lead (or routed in wood). ASCII Time! Pretend the two boxes below are pieces of lead type from 1900 or so.
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